A heroic or extraordinary deed.
Used in a Sentence
exploits
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for exploits.
Editorial note
The NY Times computation takes into account publicly acknowledged exploits; one wonders how many undetected exploits there are.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of exploits gathered in one view.
An achievement.
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for exploits.
noun
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
noun
An achievement.
verb
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
verb
(transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.
Example sentences
The NY Times computation takes into account publicly acknowledged exploits; one wonders how many undetected exploits there are.
DTS) likely not only has exploits patched in the active codepath, but has multiple bugs and integration issues.
There are tens of thousands of extremely skilled hackers selling exploits on the order of $10K to $100K.
Java 7) likely has exploits out in the wild that have been patched in more recent versions.
Fuzzing systems find exploits quite effectively in systems that are only available as binaries or APIs.
There were flash-exploits for which the click to activate function of browsers were useless against.
As in there were 0-day exploits that have not been, and will never be patched.
Having containers able to package weird obsolete (unpatched) applications, specific (out-of-date) versions of libraries, and poorly-written homespun code is a recipe for exploits.
Click bait to presumably raise awareness about the prevalence of intrusive exploits.
I thought they would eliminate that category of exploits after the last root exploit via web font, 2 years ago.
If on-line data systems are secure, exploits will not be successful.
That's absolutely not true, your certainty is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of exploits and the amount of time and energy required to find them.
Quote examples
"0-day" is a vulnerability that's discovered at the same time there are already exploits in the wild.
Your computer monitor does not actually emit "a pure cornflower-blue wavelength", it exploits the limits of your vision and emits a mix of 2/3 wavelengths that simply seems the same.
Proper noun examples
Exploits for popular SSL libraries are discovered all the time.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use exploits in a sentence?
The NY Times computation takes into account publicly acknowledged exploits; one wonders how many undetected exploits there are.
What does exploits mean?
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
What part of speech is exploits?
exploits is commonly used as noun, verb.